Bedstead



(No Model.)

W. B. OLOWERS.-

BEDSTEAD.

Patented Nov. 24

By A Howey-F,

NrTnn STATES PATENT Trina.

WILLIAM B. OLOVVERS, OF DECATUR, TEXAS.

BEDSTEAD.

gfiPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,872, dated November 24, 1885.

Application filed June 1, 1885. Serial No. 167,951. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. OLoWnRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Wise and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in braces for bedsteads, the object being to provide means for bracing and holding the parts of a bedstead firmly and securely together, which shall be cheap and simple in their construction, strong and durable, readily and easily applied and operated, and thoroughly effective for the purposes intended. I

\Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts, that will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a bedstead,showing myimprovements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 00 x of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures, A represents the head-section, B the foot-section, and O the side rails connecting the head and foot sections. The head and foot sections are, as usual, provided with corner-posts D, and to the inner sides of these corner-posts are attached screweyes a, to which are secured wires b,b,b ,and b Upon the inner sides of the side rails, 0, midway the ends of the same, and just below the ledge upon which the slats are to be supported, are outwardlyextending threaded rods or bolts D, upon which are mounted to move or slide loosely thereon plates E E, having holes or openings near their ends, to which the wires are designed to be attached. The wires 2) b are secured to the plate E, while the wires 1) b are secured to the plate E. Upon the threaded rods or bolts D are thumb-nuts F, by means of which the wires may be tightened by turning said nuts to or from the plates. If de sired, washers might be employed, the same being interposed between the thumb-nuts and plates, so that said plates could be more readily turned, though it will be obvious that this is not essential. By extending the wires diagonally from the corners of the bed to the opposite side rails, and there connecting them in the manner described, it will be seen that the wires serve to brace the side rails and head and foot sections transversely as well as longitudinally.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings, it will be observed that the wires from the two cornerposts on one side of the bed are arranged in diagonal planes and across to the other side, and are secured to a tension device fastened to said opposite side of the bed-frame, the diagonally-arranged cross-wires from one side intersecting with the similarlyarranged wires of the other side. Iattach special importance to this peculiar arrangement of wires, as by such arrangement I am enabled to bring the strain upon the corner-post and at the middle of the side pieces of the frame, thus securing both a longitudinal and lateral strain, each set, which comprises two diagonal wires, being ca pable of adjustment independently of the other set. When it is desired to separate the parts for the purpose of transportation, they may be readily and easily taken to pieces.

The improvements before described serve to firmly and securely hold the foot and head sections tothe side rails, and there is no possibility of their becoming detached and the bed tumbling down.

I am aware that heretofore it has been proposed to provide a bedstead with tension-wires connected to the four corner-posts thereof, and to an adjustingcollar mounted on a threaded shaft arranged at the middle of the bedstead also, that it is not new to provide tensionwires secured to the corner-posts and to the end pieces of the bedstead-frame, the ends of said wires being connected to adjusting togglelevers arranged at the middle of the bed-frame. In both of these devices the strain is exerted upon all of the bed-posts by the wires, and in the latter-named device it is also brought upon the end pieces of the frame, whereas in my device the wires are adjusted independently to exert the strain upon the bed-posts on one side and the side piece of the opposite side, the tension devices being independent of each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with a bed-frame, of tension-wires secured to the corner-posts and extending diagonally across the bed-frame to the side pieces thereof at points intermediate between the corner-posts, and independent tension devices to which the ends of the wire are connected, whereby a longitudinal and lateral strain is exerted upon the bed-frame when the wires are adjusted, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a bed-frame, of tension wires secured to the corner posts thereof and anadj usting-nut and cross-head secured to the opposite side pieces of the bedframe at intermediate points between the posts, each set of said wires extending diagonally across the bed-frame and secured to the cross head of the side piece thereofiintersecting with the wires of the other set, and adapted to be adjusted independently thereof, substantially as described.

' 3. The combination, with a bed-frame, of 2o vbolts and adapted to bear against the crossheads, whereby each set of wires is adapted to be adjusted independently of the other. set, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. CLOWERS.

Witnesses:

W. J. MANN, JOHN WILLIAMS. 

